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A little corner of the UK
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goldust40

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I am happy with what the majority agree, however, we must remember that we cannot put a sales thread stuff here on these boards if the item(s) are selling elsewhere.

 

Has anyone asked Arch if there could be a UK sales forum - not to exclude NOn-UK individuals but to help UK buyers and sellers increase trade especially with larger items or bulk purchases?

 

I wasn't suggesting that we did, only that we could place a thread somehwere and use A monthly PM mailshot to inform everybody of where that sales thread is, whether here, Comicopolis, Ebay or anywhere else they want to put it.We could then, also, use that thread to deal in exclusives, for CGC UK boardies only deals.

 

I'm happy with whatever the majority decides

 

Well, from a purely selfish point of view I'd like to keep things on here - but that's because my work firewall blocks Comicopolis but not CGC!

 

Why don't we give the PM thing a chance and see how it goes? If there's little action after a couple of months we can always drop it and move things to Comicopolis or elsewhere.

 

In the meantime, I will reengage with Arch to see about a UK sellers' sub-forum - it sounds like there is a lot of interest in/support for that idea.

 

I think a group PM would work, although there might have to be a limit as to how many sales there are per day. Alternatively we could all have our own individual PM sales threads that all the other Brit boardies are privy to.

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Balham's Finest

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Who came up with the idea of a "Country of Origin" flag next to the item in the Sales forum?

 

I thought that was a good idea.

 

It's not a bad idea, certainly.

 

 

It could help a bit, but a sub-forum would be better. There's also a small possibility that some US buyers won't bother looking at UK seller threads...

 

I think the main point is to try to create an efficient market for UK sellers to list lower value books and lots. At the moment, that doesn't exist and in my opinion a flag wouldn't help anywhere near as much as having a dedicated forum.

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Not wishing to be a smart-arse or anything, but... :/

 

Why are you all so keen to severely limit your audience and cut down on your sales? ???

 

Why would it do that?

 

There would be nothing to stop people listing higher value books in the main sales forum (in fact in practice I am sure they would be more likely to do so) and post links in the UK thread.

 

I think we are mainly talking about lower value books and sets here. At the moment those are not being listed at all by UK sellers, so there's no audience to be limited and no sales to be cut. I'd argue that a UK sellers' forum would do the opposite of what you say.

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Not wishing to be a smart-arse or anything, but... :/

 

Why are you all so keen to severely limit your audience and cut down on your sales? ???

 

Why would it do that?

 

There would be nothing to stop people listing higher value books in the main sales forum (in fact in practice I am sure they would be more likely to do so) and post links in the UK thread.

 

I think we are mainly talking about lower value books and sets here. At the moment those are not being listed at all by UK sellers, so there's no audience to be limited and no sales to be cut. I'd argue that a UK sellers' forum would do the opposite of what you say.

 

You list books in the appropriate Marketplace section, every UK buyer can see them and so can everybody else.

 

You have a UK-only section and every UK buyer can see them...but very few other people will venture there.

 

Lower value books sell internationally...I know because I've sold thousands...and the only problems you have is that (a) nobody else in the UK bothers listing them and (b) few UK sellers, barring Garry and Andy, have a long resume with international buyers.

 

Before we reinvent the wheel, why not try to sell under the current circumstances and see how it goes? A round-robin PM would be useful for everybody to link their latest thread in the Marketplace - but then I'd suggest you also include all of our European colleagues, as shipping from the UK to mainland Europe is a hell of a lot cheaper than from US to mainland Europe.

 

One other potential down-side is that an anti-Brit sentiment can be generated by us requesting our own section. If you've been here long enough, you'll know that anti-Brit sentiment bubbles just below the surface with many and I could possibly see a mess-storm over this that will not help us. Just sayin'...

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Balham's Finest

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Not wishing to be a smart-arse or anything, but... :/

 

Why are you all so keen to severely limit your audience and cut down on your sales? ???

 

Why would it do that?

 

There would be nothing to stop people listing higher value books in the main sales forum (in fact in practice I am sure they would be more likely to do so) and post links in the UK thread.

 

I think we are mainly talking about lower value books and sets here. At the moment those are not being listed at all by UK sellers, so there's no audience to be limited and no sales to be cut. I'd argue that a UK sellers' forum would do the opposite of what you say.

 

You list books in the appropriate Marketplace section, every UK buyer can see them and so can everybody else.

 

You have a UK-only section and every UK buyer can see them...but very few other people will venture there.

 

Lower value books sell internationally...I know because I've sold thousands...and the only problems you have is that (a) nobody else in the UK bothers listing them and (b) few UK sellers, barring Garry and Andy, have a long resume with international buyers.

 

Before we reinvent the wheel, why not try to sell under the current circumstances and see how it goes? A round-robin PM would be useful for everybody to link their latest thread in the Marketplace - but then I'd suggest you also include all of our European colleagues, as shipping from the UK to mainland Europe is a hell of a lot cheaper than from US to mainland Europe.

 

One other potential down-side is that an anti-Brit sentiment can be generated by us requesting our own section. If you've been here long enough, you'll know that anti-Brit sentiment bubbles just below the surface with many and I could possibly see a mess-storm over this that will not help us. Just sayin'...

 

Fair enough. I haven't been here long and haven't come across anti-Brit sentiment, but I can see how it would be made worse if we had our own section.

 

Your point about including European boardies is a really good one that I don't think had been considered when we were talking about this earlier.

 

I think some UK sellers who don't deal in higher value books, particularly newer members, would be a bit intimidated (for want of a better word) by the idea of posting books/sets that are only worth a couple of quid on a sales board that seems dominated by SS WD slabs for $500+. However, if there was a sub-thread of UK/Euro buyers who I knew were interested in the cheaper stuff, I'd do it. I think some others feel the same.

 

Let's take Hardcore #1 as an example. Copies for sale for $5 or so. Who outside of the UK is going to buy one of those from a UK seller when you factor in the shipping costs? It might be a different story if you have a really large run, but what if there's just a couple of books that you're looking to move? Are there really UK sellers selling books of that sort of value? I really can't remember seeing any recently, and I check the Copper/Modern sales threads pretty regularly. (shrug)

 

I'd probably be more likely to make use of a UK sales thread as a buyer than a seller, but personally I'd still like to see one. Completely understand that there are arguments against though (and that you and many others know how this place works a lot better than I do!).

 

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All fair points Nick but as I found out, unless you have a "longstanding resume" with international buyers then people don't give you a sniff.

 

It depends on what you've got to list. I've got 4,000 books which are mostly modern and am getting tired of listing them on eBay, and at a point where I'll take £2k for the lot which is fair IMO.

 

But I will say that CGC shifts on here no matter who is buying it. I sold my B&B & Worlds Finest on here no problem.

 

If your raw books are plentiful and obviously of GA,SA,BA etc then give it a try otherwise its more difficult, IMO.

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I think we should stick to the pm selling so we don't upset the others across the pond

 

That's what I had in mind. Nick is right - there are only a small handful of cads here who get all uppity regarding the Brit quotient, but they are rather vocal.

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Thanks to those who have applied to join the Comicopolis site today - your membership has been accepted now. If anybody else is interested feel free to come over at http://comicopolis.ning.com/ or PM me your email address and I'll send you an invite.

 

You get your own personal page, can upload as many images and videos as you like, post blogs, promote events and join in with the forums, etc.

 

If enough people are interested I can create a separate forum for sales and WTB's but you can also just start your own threads if you prefer.

 

Andrew

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Kevin.J

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About time we had a bit new blood Andrew. :headbang:

 

And what was wrong with the old blood :baiting:

 

There is not much old blood left.

We might get to see a few comic pics on there, what with you still not having a scanner :baiting:

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gaz973

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Not wishing to be a smart-arse or anything, but... :/

 

Why are you all so keen to severely limit your audience and cut down on your sales? ???

 

Why would it do that?

 

There would be nothing to stop people listing higher value books in the main sales forum (in fact in practice I am sure they would be more likely to do so) and post links in the UK thread.

 

I think we are mainly talking about lower value books and sets here. At the moment those are not being listed at all by UK sellers, so there's no audience to be limited and no sales to be cut. I'd argue that a UK sellers' forum would do the opposite of what you say.

 

You list books in the appropriate Marketplace section, every UK buyer can see them and so can everybody else.

 

You have a UK-only section and every UK buyer can see them...but very few other people will venture there.

 

Lower value books sell internationally...I know because I've sold thousands...and the only problems you have is that (a) nobody else in the UK bothers listing them and (b) few UK sellers, barring Garry and Andy, have a long resume with international buyers.

 

Before we reinvent the wheel, why not try to sell under the current circumstances and see how it goes? A round-robin PM would be useful for everybody to link their latest thread in the Marketplace - but then I'd suggest you also include all of our European colleagues, as shipping from the UK to mainland Europe is a hell of a lot cheaper than from US to mainland Europe.

 

One other potential down-side is that an anti-Brit sentiment can be generated by us requesting our own section. If you've been here long enough, you'll know that anti-Brit sentiment bubbles just below the surface with many and I could possibly see a mess-storm over this that will not help us. Just sayin'...

 

Hey Nick, I think that you've been able to sell lots of cheap comics internationally because you've got such an exceptional reputation and large customer base on the boards which I think makes you the exception to the rule that US buyers don't want to pay the shipping cost on cheap books that they can probably pick up locally. Occasionally one of the UK guys does give a shot at selling some cheap books here and the thread usually gets bumped off the page very quickly due to lack of interest. Also, some of the guys who don't sell regularly may just have a preference for not posting internationally. I've got some stuff that I would consider giving a shot with the UK guys that I wouldn't bother listing in the regular selling forums as I'd consider it a waste of time.

 

I had considered that it could be worth PMing the European boardies if we got the idea off the ground, I can think of a few who might be interested.

 

The point of a possible anti Brit sentiment is valid and may certainly be a reason to think twice about an official UK selling area.

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